Paint Bucket Tutorial - Google Sketchup

Adding colour/texture to the Chair

Acontinuation of the previous tutorial made on Google Sketchup.

ICT Text Tutorial

How to Conduct a System Restore

1. Start with your desktop and click the Start menu in the bottom left hand side of your screen. You will be presented with a column of applications.

2. At the very bottom of that column, click All Programs and another column of options will be opened.

3. In that vertical menu, click Accessories and yet another column will appear to the right of that one.

4. Next, click System Tools which can be found in the newly opened column. One last column will appear and somewhere in that column you’ll find System Restore.

5. Click on System Restore and wait for the pop up that comes up telling you about System Restore and what it does. The title would be Restore system files and settings.

6. In the bottom right corner of the pop up, click Next to continue.

7. The next page that comes up should be a list of dates and times you can restore your computer to. Be sure to save any documents or pictures before you restore. Also, programs installed after the date you want to restore your computer to may very likely be uninstalled.

8. Choose a date and time from the given options in the chart shown. Then click Scan for Affected Programs right below the list of options. Another pop up will tell you which programs will be affected or uninstalled. When you’re done looking through those, close that pop up and click Ok to proceed with your system restore. The next page will ask you to confirm your restore point. Make sure at this point to save any work and close all programs.

9. When you’re ready, click Next. Beware that once you start a system restore, it cannot be reversed or stopped. You will lose everything new added into your computer between the time period of when you conduct the system restore to the system restore point. Yet another pop up will show on your screen warning you that there is no turning back and also asking for a last confirmation. Click Yes to proceed. Your computer will then restart and when that’s done, your computer will have been successfully restored to the settings of the restore point.



Congratulations! You will now have successfully conducted a system restore on your computer. (:

Print Screen Tutorial

How to Transfer Files (songs) from iPod to Computer

Apple technology is one of the most advanced and sought after brand out there currently. However, a definite drawback is that it makes absolute sure that it's buyers don't violate copyright laws and so it guards the owner's purchases of songs, applications, pictures etc. extremely carefully. This is all great but what happens when the computer you have your iPod synced to crashes and there is no way to open iTunes? How can you sync your iPod to another computer without losing all the songs you have on it already? What if you have songs on one computer and more songs on another computer and you want to combine the two? Apple makes sure the songs on your iPod cannot be copied or transferred or moved anywhere other than the computer your iPod is synced to. Fortunately, there is a way to transfer your songs from any computer to your iPod and back. This tutorial will teach you just how to do it.

To start, first open up Internet Explorer either on your desktop or in the Start Menu.

Once you have a web browser open, type in the URL for Google, http://www.google.ca/ , in the address bar as shown.

When you arrive on Google's homepage, type Sharepod in the search bar.

Click the offical link to Getsharepod.com.

You will then have arrived on Sharepod's offical site. Click download, one of the tabs above.

 

You be transferred to another page which has the link for you to download the program. Click Download.

A pop up will appear asking if you would like to open or save the program. Click Open.

Wait while it loads.

Another window will appear. Here you will click the application "Sharepod" to launch the program.

Yet another window will ask you if you would like to extract all the files or run the program. Click Run.

If you happen to have iTunes running when you are downloading Sharepod, something will pop up telling you that iTunes is running at that time and that you should close it before continuing. It would be best to close iTunes before proceeding however, personally I find that it makes no difference.

Wait while Sharepod locates and retrieves all your songs from your iPod.

Select the song(s) you'd like to transfer from your iPod to your computer.Then click the icon in the top left corner that says Copy to PC.**

Something else will pop up asking you to confirm where you'd like to save the files you are copying. You can change this location according to your preferences.

Once the file is successfully copied into your computer, it will automatically copy it into iTunes also to save you the trouble. Click OK and now you can close the program.

As a final step, open iTunes, in either the Start menu or on your desktop.

Search for your song in your collection just to make sure it was successfully copied and transferred.

Congratulations! You have just successfully outsmarted Apple and transferred songs from your iPod to your computer. (:

**The other tabs have different icons where you can transfer things back into your iPod, back up your iPod and search your iPod.

How to Change the Default Font in Microsoft Word 2007

Doesn't it bother you when you have a favourite font but always have to change it every time you open Microsoft Word? No, changing the default font isn't some incomprehensible magical accomplishment only smart computer geeks can do. Watch this tutorial and know that much more about Word than the person sitting next to you. (:

- Figment of the Imagination -

Make Your Own Game

Battle ninjas, vampire bats and firebreathing monsters. Make your way through water, ice and fire. Only the intelligent and creative will survive. Collect the crystals before your health runs out and you will have beat this game but beware, you never know what might happen when you're dealing with a figment of the imagination.

Sploder Game - Peer Evaluation

This is a peer evaluation on Devni's sploder game.

Briefly describe the game, including its objectives. Devni's game is called Exploration Natsia 3. The difficulty level is 5 and the objective of the game is to find the escape pod.
List two strengths of the game. From what I saw when I played her game, there were strategic structures placed in order to challenge the player. She used a combination of the props provided to raise the difficulty instead of only the given enemies.
List one weakness of the game. One major weakness of her game was the number of ninjas in the beginning. At first I tried to fight them but after a while they kept coming and I just decided to jump over a crowd of them and after about three jumps I had arrived at the escape pod. Overall, it was a little too short and had way too many ninjas.
Answer the three questions provided by the game’s designer.
Devni has not posted any questions in her blog entry.

Figment of the Imagination - Self Evaluation

Describe your game (including a title). The name of the game I created is called "Figment of the Imagination". I chose this name because like the imagination, this game jumps around a lot and may get a little confusing. My game's setting is mostly situated in the air usually quite far from the ground. The player can reach these heights by using the outer walls created and hitting the outside walls surrounding the game area. With a variety of enemies, hazards and power-ups, this game will hopefully keep the player interested.

What is the objective of the game? The objective of this game is to kill as many of the monsters as you can and to collect the total two crystals.

Discuss two strengths and one weakness of your game. Two strengths of this game would be the outer wall that surrounds the perimeters of the game. Also, in this game, there are usually several ways to get to the same point in the game. So, if the player runs out of jet-pack fuel for example, they can climb up the wall instead. One weakness of this game would be that the player would jump around a lot. Therefore, it may cause confusion and frustration.

What improvements could be made? Some improvements that could have been made would include the lack of attention to the aesthetics of the game. I could have paid more attention to details and made the background and structures more visually appealing.

What difficulties did you encounter while creating your game? Some difficulties i encountered while making my game include not knowing where to start. The fact that I was to create a computer game by myself from scratch was a little overwhelming so I had trouble starting. However, once I got started, the rest came much easier. On the other hand, ending the video game was also a challenge. There are so many possibilities and I just wanted to add them all to my game.

What did you have to modify or change from the original design? What I decided to modify from my original plan was the underground portion of the game. I decided to leave that out altogether because in most of the other games I've tried out, they all involved an underground maze type of thing. I decided it was more original to focus on making my game above ground and higher.

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your performance during this assignment. A strength on my performance for this assignment is that when I completed the first write up portion, my answers were fairly straight forward and I think they were a suitable length. A weakness would be my use of class time. I could definitely have done more in class to finish the assignment earlier.

What did you do well at? I think I did pretty well at trying to make my game as creative and original as possible.

What could you have done better at? The most important problem I had was time management. I think I was feeling lost after attempting to start making the game the first time and coming up with nothing. I should have finished when I started the first time.

At the end of your review, write three specific questions you would like a classmate to answer while reviewing your game.

- Was the length of the game too long or too short?
- Should there have been more of a plot or a theme?
- Should there have been more crystals to collect or less monsters to battle?